Carluccio, Antonio

LC control no.	n 86072880
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Carluccio, Antonio *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated place	London (England)
Birth date	1937-04-19
Death date	2017-11-08
Place of birth	Vietri sul Mare (Italy)
Field of activity	Cooking Food service Food industry and trade Food writing Television broadcasting
Affiliation	Neal Street Restaurant Carluccio's Caffès
Profession or occupation	Cooks Restaurateurs Food writers Television personalities Merchants
Found in	His A taste of Italy, c1986: t.p. (Antonio Carluccio) jkt. (manager of London's Neal St. Restaurant) His A passion for mushrooms, 1989: t.p. (Antonio Carluccio) data sheet (b. 4-19-37) Guardian WWW site, viewed Nov. 13, 2017 (Antonio Carluccio; Antonio Mario Gaetano Carluccio, chef, businessman and author, born 19 April 1937, Vietri sul Mare, near Salerno, on the Amalfi coast; died 8 November 2017; his many television programmes and more than 20 books explored facets of his homeland's culinary life, touching on literature, history and wild foods (particularly mushrooms), as well as offering reliable instruction in the classic and regional dishes of Italy; his Neal Street Restaurant in Covent Garden, London, and a growing number of restaurants and delicatessens around the world trading under the name of Carluccio's made his brand unmissable; did not discover his true metier for many years, indeed not until he arrived in Britain in 1975; entered the Sunday Times Cook of the Year competition in 1981 in which he was a finalist; became manager of Neale Street Restaurant in 1981; bought it in 1989, running it until its closure in 2007; when his wife left the Conran Design Group in 1990 they expanded into the shop next door to the restaurant and opened a delicatessen; from this it was a short step to wholesaling the produce and then, in partnership with Simon Kossoff, to establishing a small chain of cafes and food stores, Carluccio's Caffès, from 1999; their success was great, to such an extent that they moved beyond any personal control when the Carluccios sold their own stakes in 2005; eventually Antonio rejoined the enlarged company as a consultant)
Associated language	eng